Thank You all for your kind comments, the thin border is actually dark purple like the darker small blocks. It's hard to tell I know, we have so much smoke in the air from the forest fires even though they are 100 miles away, in 4 different directions now. it is like a thick blanket of yellow brown.
I found a site that I really like about fmq and it has helped me get started. I'll have to look it up again.